Abstract: This study investigated the relative effects of three multi-media instructional packages on students’ achievement in social studies. The purpose was to determine which of the combinations of videotape recording presentation, pictures and the chalk and talk method; the combination of audiotape recording presentation, pictures and the chalk and talk method and the combination of pictures and the chalk and talk method was most effective for the teaching of social studies is secondary schools. The study was quasi-experimental using 160 JSS 2 students randomly selected into 3 experimental and one control groups. A 30-item test designed and validated by the researcher and some professionals was used to collect data and the data collected were analyzed using ANCOVA, MCA and t-test. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested and the results showed that the combination of pictures and the chalk and talk method was most effective among the packages tested in the learning of social studies. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made.